Laundry cart



Oct. 18, 1955 'r. c. JOHNSON LAUNDRY CART Filed March 5, 1951 THE DEERE C. L/UH NsU/v INVENTOR.

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United States Patent LAUNDRY CART Theodore C. Johnson, Salem, Oreg. Application March 5, 1951, Serial No. 213,983

1 Claim. (Cl. 150-18) This invention relates to improvements in laundry carts and has for one of its principal objects the provision of a cart of this character which is of lightweight, durable and well-balanced construction and including a laundry receptacle in the form of a detachable fabric container adapted to be closed at its bottom end by a draw cord and readily detachable from its supporting structure for cleaning or replacement purposes.

These and other objects will appear as my invention is more fully hereinafter described in the following specification listed in the accompanying drawing and finally pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a laundry cart made in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken approximately along the line of 33 of Figure 1.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing:

The invention comprises a supporting frame generally indicated at 1 and consisting of a continuous length of metal tubing turned back on itself as at 2 in horizontal arrangement to form a base substantially at right angles to parallel vertical frame members 3. The upper ends of the vertical members 3 are curved outwardly as shown and provided with any approved type of handgrips 4. Intermediate the lower ends of the vertical members 3 and the horizontal base-forming portion of the frame I rotatably mount a pair of supporting wheels 5 by any suitable means. Such, for instance as stub shafts 6 secured to the supporting frame by any suitable means such as welding or the like.

To the frame elements 3 near their upper ends and below the hand grips 4 is secured, by welding or the like as indicated at 6A, a horizontally disposed supporting ring 7 to which is removably secured a fabric bag or receptacle 8 by means of a cord 9 which is wrapped about the ring 7 as shown and extends through openings in the upper end of the bag which openings are provided with grommets 10.

On the interior of the receptacle 8 I provide a clothespin receptacle 11 whose one Wall is formed by a portion of the wall of the receptacle 8 and whose opposite wall is in the form of a web 12 secured along its edges, as by stitching, as at 12A to the wall of the receptacle 8 whose upper marginal edge has formed therein spaced-apart apertures provided with grommets 13. This wall of the clothes-pin receptacle is secured to a bridge 14 of arcuate shape in top plan view by means of a cord 15 wrapped about the bridge and extending through said openings. The cord used for tying the wall 12 of the clothes-pin receptacle to the bridge is a continuation of the cord 9 which originates at a knot 16, and extends around the ring as shown thence across the bridge 14 and back along a portion of the ring 7 where its end is tied as at 17. Thus it will be seen that the bag or receptacle 8 may be quickly and conveniently removed from the supporting ring 7 for the laundering or other purposes.

The bottom end of the bag 8 is provided with an inwardly turned flanged portion 18 to accommodate a draw-cord 19 by means of which the bottom of the bag may be drawn into a closed position as shown or released so as to fall into an open position as shown in broken lines in Figure 2 for cleaning purposes.

While I have shown a particular form of embodiment of my invention, I am aware that many minor changes therein will readily suggest themselves to others skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

In a wheeled hand truck including an elevated horizontally disposed supporting ring, the combination of a main receptacle adapted for attachment to and suspension from said ring, said main receptacle comprising a bag of cylindrical formation, spaced apart eyelets formed through the upper end of the main receptacle entirely around its periphery, an auxiliary receptacle formed on the interior of said main receptacle and having one Wall formed by a portion of the wall of said main receptacle and an opposite wall in the form of a flexible web secured along its edges to the wall of the main receptacle, spaced apart eyelets extending through said web near its upper edge and adapted for attachment to a bridge of arcuate shape in plan view secured at both of its ends to said supporting ring, a single length of cord laced through all of said eyelets and around said supporting ring and around said bridge for removably securing said main receptacle to said supporting ring and the upper edge of said web of the auxiliary receptacle to said bridge, the bottom end of said main receptacle having an inwardly turned flanged portion, a draw cord disposed within said flanged portion and having its ends terminating on the interior of the main receptacle whereby said bottom end of the main receptacle may be drawn concentrically into a closed position by said draw cord and whereby upon release of the draw cord the bottom end of said main receptacle will open to substantially its full diameter.

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